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04-05.-2004, 07:25 PM
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me ol' rolfs
Anyone know how long these rolf wheels last that I affectionately call
me ol' wagon wheels. I have 13,000 miles on my vector comps, and had them trued once at the 5000 mile mark. Also own some Vector pros with about 6000 miles on them. What would the Vector Pros be worth in today's market? |
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04-05.-2004, 11:34 PM
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Re: me ol' rolfs
Try checking out wheel sales on Ebay to get estimates of their resale
value. At a guess, I would say a pair of Pros in good condition with those miles could go for anywhere from 200 to 350 dollars. The market seems pretty hot right now for name brand wheelsets, even used. I tried several times to bid on some Bontrager Race Lites but prices are too high for me. r.b. "Callistus Valerius" <jazzyboss@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<OcKlc.6362$Hs1.5109@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>... > Anyone know how long these rolf wheels last that I affectionately call > me ol' wagon wheels. I have 13,000 miles on my vector comps, and had them > trued once at the 5000 mile mark. Also own some Vector pros with about 6000 > miles on them. What would the Vector Pros be worth in today's market? |
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05-05.-2004, 01:22 AM
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Re: me ol' rolfs
"Callistus Valerius" <jazzyboss@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:OcKlc.6362$Hs1.5109@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... > Anyone know how long these rolf wheels last that I affectionately call > me ol' wagon wheels. I have 13,000 miles on my vector comps, and had them > trued once at the 5000 mile mark. Also own some Vector pros with about 6000 > miles on them. What would the Vector Pros be worth in today's market? > As for what they're worth, I couldn't say. As for how long they should last, 13,000 miles is about a year for me and well below that for many pros. They had better last well beyond 13,000 miles. I'm still riding wheels that have more than three times that and that cost about a third what a set of Rolfs used to cost. Bob C. |
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06-05.-2004, 02:06 AM
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Re: me ol' rolfs
> As for what they're worth, I couldn't say. As for how long they should
> last, 13,000 miles is about a year for me and well below that for many pros. > They had better last well beyond 13,000 miles. I'm still riding wheels that > have more than three times that and that cost about a third what a set of > Rolfs used to cost. Wheel durability is a complicated equation and the ultimate "your mileage may vary" sort of thing. We have customers with well over 20k miles on Race X-Lites and Rolf V-Pros, and other who kill them in under 10k. Same thing for conventional wheels. Rider weight is *not* the biggest determinant either. You wanna know who kills wheels most quickly? The guy (always a guy) who's trying to hang in there in high-speed "training" rides (not always sure what they're "training" for) who can do little more than hang on to the wheel in front of them. Finesse goes out the window as they're constantly running past max, and, being towards the rear of the group, potholes just seem to mysteriously materialize underneath their wheels. The best way to make wheels last longer (under such circumstances) is with a wider tire. --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles http://www.ChainReactionBicycles.com |
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